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Artaria Editions, Composer - Full Biography Gassmann’s father, a goldsmith, was opposed to his son pursuing a musical career and had him apprenticed to a local merchant at the age of twelve. Gassmann’s setting of Metastasio’s Cantone in Utica was staged at the Burgtheater in the 1761- 62 season and the following year he was invited to Vienna as ballet composer and successor to Gluck. Gassmann’s tenure of the position was brief: he died in 1774 as a result of a fall from a carriage. www.artaria.com /SystemLink_ComposerFB_10   (629 words)

Florian Leopold Gassmann Biography on DanceAge Florian Leopold Gassmann (born in Most, 3 May 1729 – died in Vienna, 21 January 1774) was a German-speaking Bohemian opera composer of the transitional period between the baroque and classical eras. In 1764, Gassmann became chamber composer to the Emperor, and in 1772 court conductor. Gassmann's two daughters, Anna Fux and Therese Rosenbaum, were both famous singers trained by Salieri; the younger, Therese, made a particular name for herself as a Mozart interpreter. www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Florian_Leopold_Gassmann   (298 words)

Miss Emily Barlaston on the boards again... Fraŭlino Emily Barlaston re el de inter la kulisoj... Gassmann’s satire on the circus that was the Italian operatic stage is just one of many theatrical pieces which came into existence during the 18th century in connection with this subject. Gassmanns satire op de wantoestanden op het Italiaanse operatoneel is er een uit een reeks van vele theaterstukken die in de 18de eeuw ontstonden met betrekking tot dit onderwerp. Gassmann is een componist die de moeite neemt om zijn operakarakters muzikale individualiteit mee te geven, die interessant instrumenteert en temperamentvol voor orkest weet te schrijven. www.homestead.com /barlaston/operaseria05.html   (1323 words)

HOASM: From the 'Galant' to the 'Biedermayer' Austrian church music of that period combines the new instrumental techniques with old-fashioned fugues in such crucial moments in the Mass as "Cum Sancto Spiritu in gloria Dei Patris, amen," the end of the Gloria; or "Et vitam venturi saeculi, amen," at the end of the Credo. The "Dona nobis pacem" was also very often a fugue or double fugue, Later, the Viennese composer Leopold Hofmann became Cathedral Chapel Master of St. Stephen's, and was well known as a composer not only of symphonies and quartets but also of Masses, Mozart was to have had the job just before he died. Church music was also composed and produced all over the Austrian empire: the great Benedictine monasteries, such as Melk, Kremsmünster, and Göttweig, each had their own boy's choir (connected with a school) and an orchestra, as well as a resident composer, who sometimes became quite famous. www.hoasm.org /XIIC/XIICGalantToBiedermayer.html   (1624 words)

Classy Classical: Antonio Salieri: Truth or Fiction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) Florian Leopold Gassmann, the court ballet and chamber music composer in Vienna, was called to Italy to compose the music for this opera. Gassmann took quite an interest to the young Salieri as he was very impressed with his singing and piano playing. Gassmann was the court ballet composer in Vienna. classyclassical.blogspot.com /2005/08/antonio-salieri-truth-or-fiction.html   (3788 words)

Gassman, Florian Leopold   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) From 1757 his first operas were produced and met with great success, and in 1763 he was asked to succeed Gluck as ballet composer at the imperial court in Vienna. In 1770 Gassmann's most successful opera La contessina was produced, and in 1772 he was appointed Hofkapellmeister to the imperial Viennese court (succeeding Georg Reutter). Gassmann had two daughters-- Maria Anna Fux (1771-1858) and Therese Rosenbaum (1774-1837), both of whom were very famous sopranos. www.synthonia.com /Opus/Gassmann.html   (614 words)

město Most - osobnosti města - historie Jedním z neznámějších a nejvýznamnějších mosteckých rodáků, který dosáhl uznání a věhlasu v cizině, byl Florian Leopold Gassmann, narozený 4. Florian Leopold odmalička projevoval nevšední hudební nadání, čehož si všiml český hudebník a ředitel kůru mosteckého kostela Jan Vobořil, který vzal hudební vzdělávání mladého Gassmanna do svých rukou. Gassmann měl dvě dcery, mladší se však narodila až dva měsíce po jeho smrti. www.mumost.cz /mesto/osobnosti/gassmann.htm   (1798 words)

florian leopold gassmann   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) Florian Leopold Gassmann (Künstler/Komponist) Bestellen Sie Ihre aus bei di-arezzo. 20 January Gassmann Florian Leopold Gassmann (born in Most, 3 May Florian Leopold Vienna, 1729 died in 1774) was an Bohemian opera composer. Impressed by his talents, Florian Leopold Gassman took him back to visiting Vienna Court composer the Austrian capital in 1766, where he taught him... 2-s2-2011.biitrb.info /florian-leopold-gassmann   (159 words)

Requiemsurvey.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) Florian Gassmann (03/05/1729 - 20/01/1774), a Bohemian conductor, composer and teacher of e.g. One of the most striking features of Haydn's setting is the use in the "Te decet hymnus" of a theme based on the appropriate plainchant melody; Mozart, in contrast, used the tonus peregrinus associated with Psalm cxiii. In this period (19th century), there was nothing unusual in performing incomplete or fragmentary church works; for example, the uncompleted Requiem of Florian Leopold Gassmann, with additions from Joseph Krottendorfer as well as Father Joseph Kaintz, remained in the repertory of the Hofburg chapel well into the first half of the nineteenthh century. www.requiemsurvey.org /composers.php?id=329   (226 words)

Florian Leopold Gassmann - Wikipedia Salieri blieb in Wien und wurde 1774, als Gassmann starb, Kammerkomponist des Kaisers Joseph II. Gassmanns Hofkapellmeisteramt übernahm der italienische Komponist Giuseppe Bonno. 1774 starb Gassmann an den Spätfolgen eines Unfalls, der ihn auf seiner letzten Italienreise ereilt hatte. de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Florian_Leopold_Gassmann   (342 words)

Leopold Hofmann - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leopold Hofmann (also Ludwig Hoffman, Leopold Hoffman, Leopold Hoffmann) (August 14 1738– March 17 1793) was an Austrian composer of classical music. Hofmann was the son of a highly-educated civil servant, and at the age of seven became a chorister in the chapel of the Empress Elisabeth Christine, where his choral director and teacher was very likely František Tůma. The Symphonies of Leopold Hofmann (1738-1793) Thesis (Ph.D.)-- Columbia University, 1985. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leopold_Hoffmann   (639 words)

NPR : World of Opera Salieri was actually "discovered" in Italy, as an unknown teenager, by one Florian Leopold Gassmann, who preceded Salieri at the Imperial Court. Gassmann brought Salieri to Vienna, and saw to his education. So, while Gassmann is relatively unknown today, he was a big deal back in the 18th century. www.npr.org /programs/worldofopera/archives/040501.html   (319 words)

classical music - andante - baroque opera makes fun of itself In Paris, a witty staging of Gassmann's parody L'Opera seria. Heretofore Gassmann (1729–1774) has been known in music history footnotes as the composer who recognized the potential of 15-year-old Antonio Salieri (who became his protégé and succeeded him as Court Composer in Vienna). The composer of 21 operas, Gassmann was already famous throughout Europe when he teamed up with the noted librettist and bon vivant Ranieri de Calzabigi for this opera, which premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna in 1769. www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=20457   (908 words)

Antonio Salieri Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) In 1766 Salieri met Florian Leopold Gassmann, who invited him to attend the court of Vienna and there trained him in composition based on Fux's Gradus ad Parnassus. He remained in Vienna for the remainder of his life, and in 1774, when Gassmann died, Salieri was appointed the court composer by Emperor Joseph II, and Imperial Royal Kapellmeister in 1788. Later on, when Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro was not liked by either the Emperor Joseph II nor by the public, Mozart blamed Salieri for the failure. www.biographybase.com /biography/Salieri_Antonio.html   (596 words)

Microsoft Word   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) Florian Leopold Gassmann (Most, 3 maggio1729 - Vienna, 20 gennaio1774) fu un compositoretedesco di transizione tra barocco e classicismo. Nel 1766 Gassmann incontrò il giovane Antonio Salieri a Venezia, il quale fu invitato da esso a seguirlo a Vienna, dove diventò suo allievo. Nel 1774 Gassmann morì a causa delle conseguenze di un incidente che subì durante il suo ultimo viaggio in Italia. www.workfriendly.net /browse/Office2003Blue/http/it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florian_Leopold_Gassmann   (1248 words)

Leopold Hofmann (1738-1793) - famous Leopold Hofmann (1738-1793) Classics hit collection and Leopold Hofmann ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) Three years later, Hofmann secured the prized position of Kapellmeister at St Stephen's Cathedral, and, in a gesture of supreme professional confidence, declined the directorship of the Imperial Chapel on learning that the conditions of appointment would require him to relinquish his other lucrative posts including St Peter's. His decision to petition for the post in 1774, following the unexpected death of Florian Leopold Gassmann, may indicate a change of stance on this issue although in the event, his petition was declined in spite of his recognition as the best-qualified candidate for the position. A confidential memorandum concerning the appointment reveals concern on the part of the authorities that Hofmann's resignation from the Cathedral would have opened the way to Tobias Gsur succeeding to the position. www.naxos.com /composerinfo/485.htm   (684 words)

GASSMANN FLORIAN LEOPOLD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) Florian Leopold Gassmann (Artista/compositore) Ordinate le vostre partiture di musica a domicilio su di-arezzo. compositore e direttore d'orchestra boemo (Br?x 1729-Vienna 1774).Florian Leopold Gassmann (Artista/compositore) Ordinate le vostre partiture di musica a domicilio su di-arezzo. Partiture Florian Leopold Gassmann (Artista/compositore) - gassmann florian leopold gassmann-obazadq.razarmatch.info /index.html   (1239 words)

Stabat Mater - Gassmann   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729 - 1774) was born in Br x, nowadays Czechia. In 1963 he was asked to come to Vienna where he became Chamber-Musician for Joseph II and later, in 1772, director of the Court Chapel. Especially in opera buffa and sacred music, he is seen as the initiator of the classical viennese school. www.stabatmater.info /gassmann.html   (208 words)

Carthalia - Wien: Burgtheater (old) Florian Leopold Gassmann: L'Amore artigiano (26 Apr 1767) Florian Leopold Gassmann: Amor e Psiche (5 Oct 1767) Florian Leopold Gassmann: La notte critica (5 Jan 1768) www.andreas-praefcke.de /carthalia/austria/a_wien_burgtheater_old.htm   (463 words)

Opera Today : Gassmann's A Gas Kathleen Ferrier, Robert Casadesus Jennie Tourel and Guiomar Novaes performed in my town when I was a kid. Florian Leopold Gassmann must have been a gas. There is nothing funny about his other 21 operas but L’Opera Seria is a scream. www.operatoday.com /content/2005/03/gassmanns_a_gas.php   (969 words)

Johann Michael Haydn : Vienna Musical Posts 1760 - 1820. 1792 - 1813 : Leopold Kozeluch (1747 - 1818). 1772 - 1774 : Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729 - 1774). a.1766 - 1774 : Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729 - 1774). www.haydn.dk /mh_vienna_post.php   (387 words)

Opera / PARIS : A homecoming long delayed Vocally, Barbara Bonney cut a pale figure as Alphise, but there were strong performances from Paul Agnew as Abaris, from Laurent Naouri, Toby Spence and Stephane Degout as the Boreade royal family, and Nicolas Rivenq doubling as Apollo and the high priest Adamas. Florian Leopold Gassmann was the major figure in Viennese music during the same time Rameau reigned in Paris, Hofkapellmeister and a prolific opera composer. His "L'Opera Seria," seen at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in a production by Jean-Louis Martinoty and under Rene Jacobs's musical guidance, is anything but serious. www.iht.com /articles/2003/04/16/dave_ed3_.php   (712 words)

Florian Leopold Gassmann - La Contessina (BR 100 252/53) :: Online-Shop Florian Leopold Gassmann - La Contessina (BR 100 252/53) :: Online-Shop Details :: Florian Leopold Gassmann - La Contessina (Audio CD) Inside Germany orders are charged with 4 EUR shipping costs. www.bayermusicgroup.de /en/label/bayerrecords/br10025253.htm   (39 words)

Florian Lepold Gassmann - L'Opera Seria Der Impressario wertet das alles noch als "kritische Distanz" und lobt die "Unterhaltung in bestem Brechtschen Sinn". Der Titel ist hier nicht Genreangabe, sondern Thema, und indem Gassmann die Entstehung und die ganzen zwischenmenschlichen Plänkeleien einer solchen Seria- Produktion nachzeichnet, machte er sich kräftig über sie lustig und verschont keinen der daran Beteiligten. Einmal ist da die Produktionsseite, verkörpert durch den Impressario Fallito (Walker Wyatt), den Dichter Delirio (Florian Brauer) und den Komponisten Sospiro (Thilo Himstedt). wwwuser.gwdg.de /~uhdp/thop/sommer98/gassmann_presse.html   (458 words)

Amazon.de: Galante Musik aus Wien: Musik: Deutsche Barocksolisten,Florian Leopold Gassmann,Franz Joseph Haydn,Gregor ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) Amazon.de: Galante Musik aus Wien: Musik: Deutsche Barocksolisten,Florian Leopold Gassmann,Franz Joseph Haydn,Gregor Joseph Werner von Deutsche Barocksolisten (Künstler), Florian Leopold Gassmann (Komponist), Franz Joseph Haydn (Komponist), Gregor Joseph Werner (Komponist) Komponist: Florian Leopold Gassmann, Franz Joseph Haydn, Gregor Joseph Werner www.amazon.de /Galante-Musik-Wien-Deutsche-Barocksolisten/dp/B000024PVQ   (178 words)

Book: Florian Leopold Gassmann: Selected Divertimenti a Tre & A Quattro (Recent Researches in Music of the Classic Era ... Book: Florian Leopold Gassmann: Selected Divertimenti a Tre & A Quattro (Recent Researches in Music of the Classic Era Series, Volume Rrc16) - UsingEnglish.com Florian Leopold Gassmann: Selected Divertimenti a Tre & A Quattro (Recent Researches in Music of the Classic Era Series, Volume Rrc16) By: Florian L. Gassmann and Eve R. Meyer www.usingenglish.com /amazon/us/0895791870.html   (122 words)

Marie Antoinette - Details Marie Christine is on the left is wearing a pink dress. Marie Antoinette dancing at Schonbrunn "Il trionfo d' amore" of Metastasio, perform by Florian Leopold Gassmann for the wedding of the Emperor Joseph II with Marie of Bavaria: Gassmann was the official composer of ballets and and soon he will be appointed Court's Chapel Master. Francis I drawn by Marie Antoinette at the age of ten. www.geocities.com /Athens/Olympus/1262/maria_antonietta/det1_en.html   (535 words)

Nationale Reisopera - L'Opera Seria In L’ Opera Seria staat de repetitie van een serieuze opera ­ die dezelfde avond nog zal worden uitgevoerd! Mozart liet zich positief over Gassmann uit, in het bijzonder waar het zijn kerkmuziek betrof. Met L’ Opera Seria slaagde Gassmann echter volmaakt in zijn ‘tour de force’ om twee volkomen gescheiden muzikale talen en werelden ­ enerzijds die van de buffa opera met zijn bijna pijnlijk precieze uitbeelding van de karakters en zijn afwisselende ensembles en anderzijds de grotesk gestileerde oude opera seria ­ te verenigen. www.reisopera.nl /nl/2140   (267 words)

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